Maps have been around for centuries- they help us know what cultures were aware of in terms of their neighbors, other lands, and so on. Map making continues today, as we map other planets, the bottom of the seas, and continually produce high quality maps here that measure various aspects of culture, demographics, and geography.

If you like /v/mapmaking, you might like these (please PM me with new suggestions, as of right now it is a copy of reddit's list):

Ah, I'm a fan of Robinson as well, but my personal favourite is the Waterman Butterfly, which imho is the best way to deal with distortion.

I switch between the two (for the Waterman, I do it as close as is possible to the continents' shapes but often it's not much of a butterfly or I have to cut a continent) in my own maps, but the Waterman is much more of a challenge to use.

I can't bring myself to use a cut map, because I just don't find them aesthetically pleasing or intuitive to read, though the lack of distortion is tempting. I might make a small test one just to see what I think about it.